Beijing’s Lakes: Beihai and Houhai Photos

It was a glorious day in Beijing so I explored its “lake district” which is surprisingly pretty much next to downtown. Here we have Beihai Lake. Who named these lakes “be high” and “how high?” Rastafari are everywhere!Houhei Lake was a bit more serene, less tourists and more guys fishing right in front of “no fishing” signs. They seemed to be catching strange looking catfish. This is the famous “silver ingot” bridge…… famous for getting your photo with a white guy! I’m not sure why but lots of folks here wanted a picture with me. Beautiful post office building in a hutoung in the back area between some lakes.